Sediment transport-storage functions for alluvial reservoirs

Thomas E. Lisle; Michael Church

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Sediment transport-storage functions for alluvial reservoirs

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Authors:

Thomas E. Lisle, Michael Church

Year:

2000

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 81(48): F507.

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Abstract

In a drainage network, sediment is routed through a linked series of channel/valley segments (alluvial reservoirs) that are distinguished from their neighbors by their capacity to store and transport sediment.

Keywords

PSW4351, sediment transport, alluvial reservoirs, bed load, channels

Citation

Lisle, Thomas E.; Church, Michael. 2000. Sediment transport-storage functions for alluvial reservoirs. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 81(48): F507.